Slack is partnering with Amazon in a multiyear agreement that means all Amazon employees will be able to start using Slack. As part of the deal, Slack will migrate its voice and video calling features over to Amazon’s Chime platform alongside a broader adoption of Amazon Web Services (AWS).Īmazon will roll out Slack to all of its 840,000 employees is a big part of the deal. Up until the announcement, Slack’s most prominent customer has been IBM, which is rolled out Slack to its 350,000 employees. This partnership is about who will drive “the future of enterprise workplace.” An Overview of the AWS-Slack partnership However, Amazon and Slack have joined forces to beat Microsoft Teams. Therefore, despite the spike in their user’s rate, collaboration platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Slack continue to compete fiercely. With the launch of the Amazon Chime Meeting App, teams can hold voice and video meetings on Chime from their Slack workspace.Īs the pandemic has geared us towards remote work, the number of virtual meetings and use of collaboration platforms has surged. As Microsoft Teams has become a stronger competitor, Slack has been laying down a foundation for this multiyear agreement with Amazon. Since late 2019, Slack has integrated Amazon Chime into its apps. The Partnership between Amazon and Slack and the Future of Enterprise WorkplacesĬompetition in the realm of collaboration platforms has driven a new partnership between Slack and Amazon.
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